Sprouted Wheat.

So, having some Mormon friends from the Glenn Beck Board, I have always wondered what in the world Mormons would do with all the raw wheat grains they are supposed to store for their church - mandated food storage. Now, if you have a wheat grinder, great, but if you don't, or if you need to use that stuff up before it goes bad ( I mean, even stored wheat doesn't last forever) I wondered what in the world you could do with it.


I have found the answer. Sprouted Whole Wheat

Now, even if you were in a dire situation with no cooking fuel available, you could probably live for some time on sprouted wheat. It's chewable, its sweet and its got a good protein/carb ratio.

Its easy to sprout : in a ventilated container ( I used a christmas cookie bucket from Walmart with holes punched in the lid) measure out a cup of wheat. Cover with warm ( not hot) water, let stand overnight-24 hours. rinse every 12 hours till the wheat has little root sprouts about 1/4 long.


If you want to enjoy the health benefits of sprouted wheat today in a bread, this is what I've been doing. Its cost effective (when compared to buying sprouted whole grain breads in the health food store) and pretty tasty.




Crock Pot Sprouted Wheat bread

Preheat a crock pot 30 min. Grease a cooking pan of some kind that will fit IN the crock ( I use old pyrex bowls)

2 cups milk, warmed ( not boiling)
2 TBLS of Yeast
3/4 cup of white flour
3/4 cup of honey, molasses or both ( or 3/4 brown sugar)

Mix these together .

add

1/4 cup old fashioned toasted oats
1/4 cup flax meal ( if desired)

1 cup ( measured before sprouting) sprouted wheat

mix

add
3 cups whole wheat flour

mix 3-5 min

Let stand 5 min.

Fill Baking Pan about 2/3 with dough. This is not a dry dough, its very wet. put in crockpot on high for about 3 hours. Remove from crock, remove from pan and cool. Voila.

The remaining dough can be frozen for your next batch.

Its really good with homemade fruit preserves on it.